{"id":13706,"date":"2017-07-13T12:05:43","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T16:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=13706"},"modified":"2017-07-13T12:05:43","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T16:05:43","slug":"the-petra-marathon-a-throwback-thursday-to-september-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=13706","title":{"rendered":"The Petra Marathon – A Throwback Thursday to September 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A long time ago, in an internet galaxy far, far away I wasn’t blogging on a daily basis. But I would occasionally scribble down notes and try and send out email missives to family and friends. Those chicken scratches were the forerunners of Run Kevin Run Dot Com.<\/p>\n

It being Thursday, a day that for a brief fad-window-of-time meant people would post “Throwback” photos of yore on Facebook, I thought maybe I’d post a few things from my Albatros Adventure Marathon in Petra, Jordan, from way back in the fall of 2015.<\/p>\n

Petra.\u00a0 An archeological wonderland in the desert.\u00a0 The long pathway leading up to the “treasury” building was used extensively in the third act of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade<\/em> (1989).\u00a0 This ares served as the site of the Canyon of the Crescent Moon and the exterior location of the Grail Temple.\u00a0 But the place itself is so much more.<\/p>\n

I went to Petra mainly because it fit my schedule and Albatros was good enough to give me a small discount to make up for some sanfus on my Great Wall of China trip with them.\u00a0 It seemed like serendipity and fate wanted me to go off on an adventure.\u00a0 And to this day it’s one of my favorite experiences as both a runner and a tourist.<\/p>\n

Here in their original, unedited form, complete with weirdly autocorrected words by Apple’s Siri, are my notes from the first few days of that trip:<\/p>\n

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9\/10\/15<\/div>\n
On cab ride to hotel, passed an exit to Iraqi border. \u00a0The next exit was for IKEA.<\/div>\n
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Car dealership had cars covered in sand, the result of a recent sandstorm.<\/div>\n
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Streets are hilly and sidewalks, like road markings, are more suggested than hard and fast.<\/div>\n
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Metal detector and bag scanner for entry everytime to Days Inn Hotel.<\/div>\n
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Oddly nervous about walking streets after dark plus jetlag has left me exhausted. \u00a0Got money out of an ATM vestibule (50 dinar) and bought a bottle of water. \u00a0I think it cost less than a dinar but I have no idea what denominations the coins are.<\/div>\n
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Two guys waiting in bar are dead ringers for Jamie Farr’s cannonball run 2 sheik.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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9\/11\/15<\/div>\n
1 million Syrian refugees so far<\/div>\n
21 Arab nations.<\/div>\n
50 km from Amman to Dead Sea – lowest point in earth, 9 degrees warmer than Amman.<\/div>\n
Jordan River feeds Dead Sea.<\/div>\n
35% salt – Dead Sea – nothing can live there. \u00a0Float easily.<\/div>\n
Don’t put head in water – float on back only<\/div>\n
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Petra<\/span> is the site; town is Wadi Rum. \u00a0Means Valley of Music (I think)<\/div>\n
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90% of Jordan – desert<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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During the trip I would send back home photos whenever I had WiFi connections.\u00a0 Culling through my Gmail “sent items” folder, here are a few odds and ends (my raw digital photos are archived back at the Kevin S Hanna Museum as my laptop has limited storage space – so please excuse the crudity of these heavily compressed for emailing pics).<\/div>\n
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I brought along my copy of the Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation<\/em> by the RaidersGuys Eric Zala, Chris Strompolos et al.\u00a0 I snapped a photo and sent them this email… an email that eventually enabled me to rub elbows with greatness in Atlanta last month<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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To: raidersguys<\/div>\n
Date: 9\/12\/15<\/div>\n
Subject: That’s the DVD of a Fan… both of Indiana Jones and the Raiders Guys!<\/div>\n
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Hi, guys!\u00a0 Just a quick shout-out as today I’m in Jordan running the
\nthe Petra<\/span> Desert Marathon.\u00a0 I thought you’d get a kick out of this
\nphoto in front of the grail temple location.I was just chatting to my brother about our need to see the
\ndocumentary on the making of the Adaptation and how much we’re looking
\nforward to it.\u00a0 Meantime, I wanted to wish you all well.\u00a0 I can’t tell
\nyou how happy the Adaptation and your successful completion of the
\nAirplane Scene makes me.\u00a0 You guys are inspirations and awesome all
\naround.<\/p>\n

Best,<\/p>\n

Kevin Hanna
\nKickstarter Supporter and All Around Fan!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And speaking of Indy… If Petra Supermarkets have a Name…<\/div>\n
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As for the race itself, here are a mixture of my on-the-run selfies with official race photos of the day — September 12., 2015:<\/div>\n
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